I don’t often make it out to Craigmillar but I’d had the White House Kitchen on my radar for a visit for quite a while. On my way to the official opening of the Thistle Foundation’s new Centre of Wellbeing, I popped in to give it a try. In a signature white building, as you might expect from the name, it’s a sort of community hub with a cafe as the centrepiece.
Accompanying me on our first jaunt (one of many, I hasten to add) to The White House, is the long-suffering BOGG (Big Ol’ Grumpy Git). We sit in the surprisingly bright space with its jauntily colourful stripy tables and struggle to plump; there is so much to choose from. Finally we stroll to the counter and place our order. A hearty mushroom and rocket soup for him with a hefty wedge of the homemade bread and I settled for my second choice (they had run out of pulled pork) of a braised beef burger. Delivery is swift and although the rocket was lost in the deeply mushroomy soup, it is gorgeous. Not what I expected at all (but I did wonder how a braised burger was going to work), a homemade burger bun (very similar to a brioche bun) stuffed with slow braised pulled beef.Yea gods, I’m blown away. Served with a bowl of Cajun spiced hand-cut fries, red slaw and a salad – all for the princely sum of £5.25! Soup at £2.25 is a bargain too.
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Colin was absolutely brilliant. Let us the space for a party on short notice and was there throughout to make sure everything ran smoothly. Will highly recommend 👌
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